Simplified Computation of Creep Damage Propagation ABSTRACT: The commonly accepted approach to dealing with material damage as the cause of structural failure is to treat the most highly distressed...Go To Paper
Fitness for Service Assessment of Piping Subject to Random Vibration ABSTRACT: A methodology is presented for Level 1 and 2 Fitness-for-Service (FFS) assessments of process and power piping subject to random...Go To Paper
Decomposing a Signal into Short-Time Narrow-Banded Modes ABSTRACT: An algorithm for nonparametric decomposition of a signal into the sum of short-time narrow-banded modes (components) is introduced....Go To Paper
Environmental Stress Cracking of Medical Thermoplastics: Assessing Lifetime of High Performance Amorphous Resins in Presence of Hospital Cleaners ABSTRACT: There is a critical need to quantify and predict the likelihood of Environmental Stress Cracking (ESC) in medical devices, due to the...Go To Paper
Deepwater Hydrate Plug Remediation Using Gas Life – A Unique Approach & Novel Application of Fundamental Physics ABSTRACT: Hydrate formation is a known flow assurance risk in deepwater flowlines, and remediation via single-sided depressurization presents...Go To Paper
Improved Binning Criterion for Developing Scatter Diagram of Loop Current and Eddies ABSTRACT: Loop Current and Eddies (LCE) occur in the Gulf of Mexico and can cause fatigue of tubular systems such as drilling and production...Go To Paper
Cracking the Code: How Measured Data Coupled with Engineering Analysis can Increase Asset Utilization ABSTRACT: To date, the oil and gas industry has struggled to employ structural monitoring data in meaningful way. The missing link has been the...Go To Paper
A Highly Corrosion Resistant Titanium Alloy For Use In the Chemical Process Industry ABSTRACT: A new titanium alloy was developed for the chemical process industry (CPI). This alloy is targeted for use in very aggressive...Go To Paper
Electrochemical Corrosion Properties of TIMETAL®54M ABSTRACT: A new titanium alloy, TIMETAL® 54M (Ti-5Al-4V-0.75Mo-0.5Fe) has been developed to replace the widely used Ti-6Al-4V alloy where extensive...Go To Paper
A Method for Estimating Quasi-Static Riser Deformation and Applied Forces From Sparse Riser Inclination Measurements ABSTRACT: The objective of this paper is to report progress and recent findings related to the remediation of damaged high-pressure, high-temperature...Go To Paper
Estimation of Most Probable Maximum From Short-Duration or Undersampled Time-Series Data ABSTRACT: The most probable maximum (MPM) is the extreme value statistic commonly used in the offshore industry. The extreme value of vessel motions,...Go To Paper
Repair and Intervention of HPHT Flowlines ABSTRACT: The objective of this paper is to report progress and recent findings related to the remediation of damaged high-pressure,...Go To Paper
